Thursday, April 19, 2012

Yeast Experiment Hints at a Faster Evolution From Single Cells

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/yeast-reveals-how-fast-a-cell-can-form-a-body.html?ref=biologyandbiochemistry
Our ancestors were single-celled microbes for about three billion years before they evolved bodies. But in a laboratory at the University of Minnesota, brewer’s yeast cells can evolve primitive bodies in about two weeks.

No comments:

Post a Comment